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Nothing is more tedious than a presidential candidate who agonizes over his decision to run for president. Voters have zero interest in the subject. Politicians think that public agonizing is weak and indecisive. Only the press likes it, because it provides a platform for them to talk about the race generally, how it might be altered by the presence of Candidate X, how it might be altered by the absence of Candidate Y.

The Hoosier Hamlet, Mitch Daniels (R-IN), is taking the agonizing choice to new levels of self-absorption. He doesn't want to run, he says. But he's considering it because others have asked him to. Politico has the exact quote:

"Would I like to [run]? No," Daniels said, chuckling. "What sane person would like to? ... I'm not one of those people that sat around scheming and dreaming [about running]. I've agreed at the behest of a lot of people to give it some thought."

Please. Run or shut up. No one believes for a moment that you've agreed "at the behest of a lot of people to give it some thought."